Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-02-24

The stated fact that there IL no money
In the treasury Of the Board Of Trustees
OF the Poor to pay bills With, that "a 900
are due the board from the County
Treasurer, and that there IL no money
I'm the latter's hands with which TO pay
It indicates bad laundering In .
county 90 wealthy IS New Castle. 1t
must in justice be said, hewever, that
the fault does not lie with the treasurer
either Of the county or the Board of
Trustees. Mr.. Herbert, who for many
years WAS County Treasurer, often put
himself to great trouble and disAdvan-
tage to provide money for the Poor
Trustees, even raising 1t upon his own
individual obligations for the sake Of
keeping everything moving along. Mr..
HamAn, the new treasurer. has had the
0fice but . short time yet, and II he
does not 60 30 far ont Of his way to
provide money for the board, IS Mr..
Herbert did, nobody can blame him,
for 1t Is not . part Of his duty to sup
ply money upon his individual respon-
ability.
But what We want more particularly
TO say is that while the county is suf.
fering for money and the Board OF
Trustees of the Poor Ia suffering for
money, here Is St. Georges Hundred
that has not paid in . solitary cent Of
her &c., 900 and upwards Of taxes for
the last year, and even owes one-fourth
of her taxes OF the year before. Osher
hundreds are more or less tardy, but
St. Georges stands In q colossal oata-
logue OF shame and imbecillty by itself
30 far As paying her taxes are onoern-
Cd. Che has been left alone 30 long thA
her OWL local finances are In an inter.
minable muddle that will require the
greatest financial skill to extr!cate
them.
Snch q system OF fuan eiering 81 has
been in vogue In our COUNT since 1873,
II persevered In, must result In bank.
ruptcy. Since the dale mentioned, NO
taxes from some four or Ave thousand
voters of the county or rather persons
who would be voters II their taxes were
collected. This ruinous partisan policy
entails loss OF some eight thousand
dollars annually upon the county,
which has " be made up the next year
by AZ increased rate Of taxation. This
system falls very heavily upon the
property owners OF the county. As the
county collectors are not required to
exert themselves 20 collect head taxes,
they OF course do not do 80, and these
head taxes are the next year transferred
10 swell the taxes of the property own
ers. This Is the way the present system
has been working for the last thirteen
years, and the consequence Ia that our
county Is staggering along, borne do xn
by debt of over $3.50, 900, requiring
some $50, 900 a year TO pay the Interest
budget.
The other counties of the State art
suffering in the same manner, with {
proportionately increasing debt. SUISSE,
County Is even now impoJtuning TIL
Legislature for fanding bill to enabl,
her to fund her fl jating debt. We Ar
not EUR prtsed that Senator Rust, from
thai cJunty, should have expressed
him--i', ~ Is reported, in favor of
La u % NJ Hing every man TO pay hi
tax r SEND him to jail. This Is exactl,
MIA the 's7 did before 1873, when |
as 10 - - Az tno uicthttou Vi Deuo
cratic p3'..ieisAs and with the full con
sent of Senator Bayard, for partisan
purposes. Were this law restored aut
the county collectors compelled TO col
lect taxes from all alike, New Castl
County would be $4,000 a year bette
off at least, and this amount woul
come In very opportunity now, wbe
the treasurer OF the Trustees Of the Poo
needs 81 600 to pay bills and the Count
Treasurer has not got that much IN tt
treasury,